Museum Collections
Luce Center
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother
Title
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother
Object name
Puzzle blocks
Date
ca. 1888
Medium
Wood, paper
Dimensions
box: 2 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. ( 6.7 x 25.1 x 29.5 cm )
Description
"Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother" puzzle blocks in a wooden box with a sliding lid; chromolithographed image of a woman looking at a child in a bassinet; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "AUNT LOUISA'S CUBE PUZZLES/ MY MOTHER./ McLoughlin Bros., N.Y."; four chromolithographed images of the completed puzzles; wooden blocks covered in paper and chromolithographed with six images of a woman looking in a bassinette, a seated woman snugging an infant, a seated woman playing with a toddler, a woman comforting a injured girl, a woman dirrecting the study of three children and an old and a young woman strolling arm in arm.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.273
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "AUNT LOUISA'S CUBE PUZZLES/ MY MOTHER./ McLoughlin Bros., N.Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




